Awards & Recognition

Year Given By Award Title Associated Work Shared with Status
1966 Academy of Country Music Awards New Male Vocalist of the Year Winner
1966 Academy of Country Music Awards Vocal Group of the Year Bonnie Owens Winner
1967 Academy of Country Music Awards Male Vocalist of the Year Winner
1967 Academy of Country Music Awards Vocal Group of the Year Bonnie Owens Winner
1967 Academy of Country Music Awards Song of the Year Swinging Doors Nominee
1967 Academy of Country Music Awards Song of the Year The Bottle Let Me Down Nominee
1967 Country Music Association Awards Album of the Year I'm a Lonesome Fugitive Nominee
1967 Country Music Association Awards Entertainer of the Year Nominee
1967 Country Music Association Awards Male Vocalist of the Year Nominee
1967 Country Music Association Awards Single of the Year The Fugitive Nominee
1968 Academy of Country Music Awards Duo of the Year Bonnie Owens Winner
1968 Academy of Country Music Awards Male Vocalist of the Year Nominee
1968 Academy of Country Music Awards Song of the Year Branded Man Nominee
1968 Academy of Country Music Awards Song of the Year I Threw Away the Rose Nominee
1968 Academy of Country Music Awards Album of the Year Branded Man Nominee
1968 Academy of Country Music Awards Album of the Year I'm a Lonesome Fugitive Nominee
1968 Academy of Country Music Awards Single Record of the Year Branded Man Nominee
1968 Academy of Country Music Awards Single Record of the Year I'm a Lonesome Fugitive Nominee
1968 Country Music Association Awards Album of the Year The Best of Merle Haggard Nominee
1968 Country Music Association Awards Entertainer of the Year Nominee
1968 Country Music Association Awards Male Vocalist of the Year Nominee
1969 Academy of Country Music Awards Male Vocalist of the Year Nominee
1969 Academy of Country Music Awards Song of the Year Bonnie and Clyde Nominee
1969 Academy of Country Music Awards Song of the Year I Take a Lot of Pride Nominee
1969 Academy of Country Music Awards Song of the Year Mama Tried Nominee
1969 Academy of Country Music Awards Single Record of the Year Mama Tried Nominee
1969 Academy of Country Music Awards Single Record of the Year Bonnie and Clyde Nominee
1969 Academy of Country Music Awards Single Record of the Year I Take a Lot of Pride Nominee
1969 Academy of Country Music Awards Album of the Year The Best of Merle Haggard Nominee
1969 Academy of Country Music Awards Album of the Year Mama Tried Nominee
1969 Country Music Association Awards Album of the Year Same Train, Different Time Nominee
1969 Country Music Association Awards Entertainer of the Year Nominee
1969 Country Music Association Awards Male Vocalist of the Year Nominee
1970 Academy of Country Music Awards Male Vocalist of the Year Winner
1970 Academy of Country Music Awards Song of the Year Okie from Muskogee Winner
1970 Academy of Country Music Awards Single Record of the Year Okie from Muskogee Winner
1970 Academy of Country Music Awards Album of the Year Okie from Muskogee Winner
1970 Academy of Country Music Awards Television Personality Nominee
1970 Country Music Association Awards Album of the Year Okie From Muskogee Winner
1970 Country Music Association Awards Album of the Year Fightin' Side Of Me Nominee
1970 Country Music Association Awards Entertainer of the Year Winner
1970 Country Music Association Awards Male Vocalist of the Year Winner
1970 Country Music Association Awards Single of the Year Okie From Muskogee Winner
1970 Country Music Association Awards Single of the Year Fightin' Side Of Me Nominee
1970 Country Music Association Awards Song of the Year Fightin' Side Of Me Nominee
1970 Country Music Association Awards Song of the Year Okie From Muskogee Nominee
1970 Country Music Association Awards Vocal Duo of the Year Bonnie Owens Nominee
1971 Recording Academy Grammy Awards Best Country Vocal Performance, Male Okie From Muskogee Nominee
1971 Recording Academy Grammy Awards Best Country Song The Fightin' Side Of Me Nominee
1971 Recording Academy Grammy Awards Best Country Instrumental Performance Street Singer (Single) Nominee
1971 Academy of Country Music Awards Entertainer of the Year Winner
1971 Academy of Country Music Awards Male Vocalist of the Year Winner
1971 Academy of Country Music Awards Song of the Year Fightin' Side of Me Nominee
1971 Academy of Country Music Awards Single Record of the Year Fightin' Side of Me Nominee
1971 Academy of Country Music Awards Album of the Year Fightin' Side of Me Nominee
1971 Academy of Country Music Awards Album of the Year Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player Nominee
1971 Academy of Country Music Awards Television Personality Nominee
1971 Country Music Association Awards Album of the Year A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player Nominee
1971 Country Music Association Awards Entertainer of the Year Nominee
1971 Country Music Association Awards Male Vocalist of the Year Nominee
1972 Academy of Country Music Awards Entertainer of the Year Nominee
1972 Academy of Country Music Awards Top Male Vocalist of the Year Nominee
1972 Academy of Country Music Awards Album of the Year Someday We'll Look Back Nominee
1972 Academy of Country Music Awards Album of the Year The Hag Nominee
1972 Academy of Country Music Awards Single Record of the Year Carolyn Nominee
1972 Academy of Country Music Awards Song of the Year Carolyn Nominee
1972 Academy of Country Music Awards Television Personality Nominee
1972 Country Music Association Awards Album of the Year Let Me Tell You About a Song Winner
1972 Country Music Association Awards Entertainer of the Year Nominee
1972 Country Music Association Awards Male Vocalist of the Year Nominee
1973 Recording Academy Grammy Awards Best Country Vocal Performance, Male It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad) Nominee
1973 Recording Academy Grammy Awards Best Inspirational Performance Land Of Many Churches Nominee
1973 Academy of Country Music Awards Male Vocalist of the Year Winner
1973 Academy of Country Music Awards Entertainer of the Year Nominee
1973 Academy of Country Music Awards Album of the Year Let Me Tell You About a Song Nominee
1973 Academy of Country Music Awards Album of the Year Best of the Best Nominee
1973 Academy of Country Music Awards Album of the Year It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad) Nominee
1973 Academy of Country Music Awards Single Record of the Year It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad) Nominee
1973 Academy of Country Music Awards Television Personality Nominee
1973 Country Music Association Awards Entertainer of the Year Nominee
1973 Country Music Association Awards Male Vocalist of the Year Nominee
1974 Academy of Country Music Awards Male Vocalist of the Year Nominee
1974 Academy of Country Music Awards Entertainer of the Year Nominee
1974 Academy of Country Music Awards Album of the Year I Love Dixie Blues Nominee
1974 Academy of Country Music Awards Single Record of the Year If We Make it Through December Nominee
1974 Academy of Country Music Awards Song of the Year If We Make it Through December Nominee
1974 Country Music Association Awards Album of the Year If We Make It Through December Nominee
1974 Country Music Association Awards Male Vocalist of the Year Nominee
1974 Country Music Association Awards Song of the Year If We Make It Through December (Merle Haggard) Nominee
1975 Recording Academy Grammy Awards Best Country Song If We Make It Through December Nominee
1975 Academy of Country Music Awards Top Male Vocalist Winner
1975 Academy of Country Music Awards Entertainer of the Year Nominee
1975 Academy of Country Music Awards Album of the Year Hag's 30th Album Nominee
1975 Academy of Country Music Awards Single of the Year Things Aren't Funny Anymore Nominee
1975 Academy of Country Music Awards Song of the Year Things Aren't Funny Anymore Nominee
1976 Academy of Country Music Awards Album of the Year Keep Movin On Nominee
1976 Academy of Country Music Awards Top Male Vocalist Nominee
1977 Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Inductee Winner
1977 Country Music Association Awards Entertainer of the Year Nominee
1978 Academy of Country Music Awards Song of the Year From Graceland to the Promise Land Nominee
1979 Academy of Country Music Awards Top Male Vocalist Nominee
1979 Academy of Country Music Awards Song of the Year I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall Nominee
1982 Academy of Country Music Awards Top Male Vocalist of the Year Winner
1982 Academy of Country Music Awards Song of the Year My Favorite Memory Nominee
1982 Country Music Association Awards Album of the Year Big City Nominee
1982 Country Music Association Awards Male Vocalist of the Year Nominee
1982 Country Music Association Awards Vocal Duo of the Year George Jones Nominee
1983 Academy of Country Music Awards Song of the Year Are the Good Times Really Over Winner
1983 Academy of Country Music Awards Male Artist of the Year Nominee
1983 Academy of Country Music Awards Top Vocal Duet RETURN TO THIS Nominee
1983 Country Music Association Awards Album of the Year Pancho And Lefty Nominee
1983 Country Music Association Awards Entertainer of the Year Nominee
1983 Country Music Association Awards Male Vocalist of the Year Nominee
1983 Country Music Association Awards Single of the Year Pancho And Lefty Willie Nelson Nominee
1983 Country Music Association Awards Vocal Duo of the Year Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard Willie Nelson Winner
1983 Country Music Association Awards Vocal Duo of the Year George Jones and Merle Haggard George Jones Nominee
1984 Recording Academy Grammy Awards Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal Pancho And Lefty Willie Nelson Nominee
1984 Academy of Country Music Awards Top Vocal Duet RETURN TO THIS Nominee
1984 Academy of Country Music Awards Top Male Vocalist Nominee
1984 Academy of Country Music Awards Album of the Year Going Where the Lonely Go Nominee
1984 Academy of Country Music Awards Album of the Year Pancho and Lefty Willie Nelson Nominee
1984 Academy of Country Music Awards Single Record of the Year Pancho and Lefty Willie Nelson Nominee
1984 Country Music Association Awards Album of the Year That's The Way Love Goes Nominee
1984 Country Music Association Awards Male Vocalist of the Year Nominee
1985 Recording Academy Grammy Awards Best Country Vocal Performance, Male That's The Way Love Goes Winner
1994 Country Music Hall of Fame Inductee Winner
1994 Country Music Association Awards Album of the Year Asleep at the Wheel Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys Asleep at the Wheel Nominee
1996 Academy of Country Music Awards Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award Winner
1997 Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame Inductee Winner
1999 Recording Academy Grammy Awards Best Country Collaboration With Vocals Same Old Train Clint Black, Joe Diffie, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Patty Loveless, Earl Scruggs, Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, Pam Tillis, Randy Travis, Travis Tritt, Dwight Yoakam Winner
1999 Recording Academy Grammy Awards Hall of Fame Mama Tried Winner
1999 Academy of Country Music Awards Vocal Event of the Year Same Old Train Clint Black, Joe Diffie, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Patty Loveless, Earl Scruggs, Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, Pam Tillis, Randy Travis, Travis Tritt, Dwight Yoakam Nominee
1999 Country Music Association Awards Vocal Event of the Year Same Old Train Clint Black, Joe Diffie, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Patty Loveless, Earl Scruggs, Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, Pam Tillis, Randy Travis, Travis Tritt, Dwight Yoakam Nominee
2000 Recording Academy Grammy Awards Best Spoken Word Album Merle Haggard's My House Of Memories - For The Record Nominee
2002 Recording Academy Grammy Awards Best Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album Two Old Friends Albert E. Brumley, Jr Nominee
2005 Recording Academy Grammy Awards Best Country Collaboration With Vocals Pancho & Lefty Willie Nelson Nominee
2006 Recording Academy Grammy Awards Best Country Collaboration With Vocals Politically Uncorrect Gretchen Wilson Nominee
2006 Recording Academy Grammy Awards Lifetime Achievement Award Winner
2006 BMI BMI Icon Award Winner
2006 Academy of Country Music Awards Triple Crown RETURN TO THIS Winner
2006 Country Music Association Awards Musical Event of the Year Politically Uncorrect Gretchen Wilson Nominee
2007 Academy of Country Music Awards Vocal Event of the Year Politically Uncorrect Gretchen Wilson Nominee
2009 Academy of Country Music Awards Poet's Award Winner
2010 Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Kennedy Center Honors Inductee Winner
2013 California State University, Bakersfield Honorary Doctorate Winner
2014 Academy of Country Music Awards Crystal Milestone Award Winner
2015 Country Music Association Awards Musical Event of the Year Django and Jimmie Willie Nelson Nominee